Striving toward a goal puts a more pleasing construction on our advance toward death.

Pain narrows consciousness; pleasure blurs it.

When Medusa looks in the mirror, she sees the Lady of Sorrows.

My passions have never jumped out of the fireplace and set fire to the carpet.

Retirement requires the invention of a new hedonism, not a return to the hedonism of youth

The sewing machine joins what the scissors have cut asunder, plus whatever else comes in its path.

Clothes make a statement. Costumes tell a story.

The laughter of the aphorism is sometimes triumphant, but seldom carefree.

'Be faithful to your roots' is the liberal version of 'Stay in your ghetto.'

Every day begins with an act of courage and hope: getting out of bed.

Totem poles and wooden masks no longer suggest tribal villages but fashionable drawing rooms in New York and Paris.

The Universe doesn't like secrets. It conspires to reveal the truth, to lead you to it.

Sometimes you just have to jump in a mud puddle because it's there. Never get so old that you forget about having fun.

Every dreamer knows that it is entirely possible to be homesick for a place you've never been to, perhaps more homesick than for familiar ground.

There is no kind of false wit which has been so recommended by the practice of all ages, as that which consists in a jingle of words, and is comprehended under the general name of punning.

Other women who flew were women of independent means. But I had to do something with it.

One lamp — thy mother’s love — amid the stars Shall lift its pure flame changeless, and before The throne of God, burn through eternity - Holy — as it was lit and lent thee here.

Don’t buy market share. Figure out how to earn it.

I'm believing that miracles and blessings still exist.

I never did a day's work in my life, it was all fun.

I'm not a beautiful woman. I'm nothing to look at, so the only thing I can do is dress better than anyone else.